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Bill on Bankruptcy: Rakoff Reverses Himself in Madoff Case
On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware denied four banks’ motion for summary judgment in an action seeking to claw back $35 million in fees associated with a $1.8 billion loan that allegedly...more
Two recent decisions in the Madoff bankruptcy cases illustrate that the legacy of Bernie Madoff will long survive the man himself. Bernie Madoff died on April 14, 2021, while incarcerated in the Federal Medical Center in...more
Transfers and transactions up to ten years old may be scrutinized, unwound and recovered by a trustee, the bankruptcy court sitting in Massachusetts recently held in the NECCO (think chalky wafer candy) bankruptcy case. The...more
Creditors’ recoveries often hinge on claw-back lawsuits that trustees bring under bankruptcy law and non-bankruptcy law. Trustees can file claims based on non-bankruptcy law because Bankruptcy Code section 544(b) allows them...more